Ananias Leki Dago

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Ananias Leki Dago
Born (1970-11-02) 2 November 1970 (age 53)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian
EducationInstitut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle
Known forPhotographer

Ananias Leki Dago (born 2 November 1970) is an Ivorian photographer. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Ananias Leki Dago is a graduate of the Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. [4] [5]

During a period of exile living in Europe, resulting from political unrest in his native Côte d'Ivoire, [1] [2] he worked for magazines such as Africultures and Regards . [6] From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Official Photographer for the Marché des arts et du spectacle africains (MASA), based in Abidjan. [7]

His photographs have been exhibited in museums and cultural spaces such as the Centre Pompidou [8] and the Musée de l’Histoire de l'Immigration in Paris, France; Fondation Donwahi [2] [9] in Abidjan; the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden; the Philadelphia Museum of Art [10] [11] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) [12] in Dakar, Senegal, and are part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the Fundació Vila Casas [13] in Barcelona, Spain; the Fondation Sindika Dokolo in Luanda, Angola; the Harlem Studio Museum in New York, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; [5] the Musée du Quai Branly [14] and the Galeries Photo Fnac in Paris, France, as well as various international private collections. [2]

In 2019, Ananias Leki Dago represented the Côte d'Ivoire at the Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, Italy, participating in the exhibit "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory". [15]

Founder of the first international photography festival in Abidjan, Les Rencontres du Sud, [6] and restorer of the negatives of Paul Kodjo - the "Father of Ivorian photography", [16] [17] [14] Ananias Leki Dago is the author of five publications featuring his photographic works: Ananias Leki-Dago, photographe (Les éditions de l'oeil, 2003), Shebeen Blues (Éditions Gang, 2010), Mabati (Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, 2013), La Nawa (Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, 2016), and Rainy Days Abidjan (Éditions Éburnie, 2019). [18] [19] [5] He has also served as a photographer in residence for established artistic programs in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. [2]

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  4. ↑ Editor. "Fiche Personne : Ananias Leki Dago", Africultures (online), Paris, France, as referenced on 16 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Anonymous Author / Editor. "Motiv' Moi : Ananias Leki Dago", MILC Magazine (online), No. 4, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 20 August 2017, pg. 50, as republished by ISSUU.
  6. 1 2 Libong, Héric. "Abidjan Rencontres du Sud: The Birth of a Collection, Interview with Ananias Leki Dago", Africultures (online), Paris, France, 30 November 2000.
  7. ↑ "Ananias Leki-Dago". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  8. ↑ Njami, Simon. "Africa Remix : l'art contemporain d'un continent : exposition présentée au Centre Pompidou, Galerie I, du 25 mai au 8 août 2005", Centre Pompidou, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2005, 339 pgs., ISBN   978-2-84426-280-6, as referenced by WorldCat on 16 February 2020. Please consult Wikipédia France for further information about the historic Africa Remix exhibit held at the Centre Pompidou in 2005.
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  14. 1 2 Koléa, Serge and N'goran, Marie Laure. "Ananias Leki Dago: 'Il était inconcevable de voir l'histoire du pays racontée par Paul Kodjo aller à la poubelle'." (video), RTI (online), Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 3 juin 2018.
  15. ↑ Scaringella, Massimo / Curator. "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory", La Biennale di Venezia (online), Venice, Italy, 2019.
  16. ↑ Nimis, Érika and Nur Goni, Marian / Editors. "Paul Kodjo : une œuvre en héritage – entretien avec Ananias Léki Dago", FOTOTA – Perspectives africaines en photographie (online), Paris, France, 25 May 2018.
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